Teacher accused of providing drugs arrested again

September 17, 2009

A 41-year-old math teacher from Grant High School accused of providing alcohol and drugs to two 14-year-old girls was rearrested this morning after allegedly harassing the mother of one of her victims, officials said.

Kym Krocza, of the 36300 block of North Wilson Road in Ingleside, allegedly blocked the driveway she shares with the victim's family with her car and would not allow the victim's mother to leave, Lake County Sheriff's Sgt. Christopher Thompson said.

According to the arrest warrant, Krocza communicated indirectly with the witness "in such a manner as to produce emotional distress or mental anguish."

Krocza was arrested this week after allegedly giving alcohol, marijuana and Xanax to the girls from ages 11 or 12 to age 14 in exchange for household chores, authorities said.

Prosecutors asked Judge Raymond Collins to raise Krocza's bond from $100,000 to $250,000, which the judge denied. Collins said Krocza would have credit for the $5,000 she posted Monday -- the required 10 percent of her original $50,000 bond -- and can now be released by posting an additional $5,000.

Sheriff Mark Curran said that since being released from jail after her initial bond hearing on Monday, Krocza has been on several radio programs claiming her innocence.

"She wrote a handwritten confession," Curran said. "This is a really unstable human being. This woman is narcissistic off the charts."

If Krocza bonds out of jail, she is to have no contact with anyone under the age of 21, must turn in her passport and must have no direct or third-party contact with the victim, Collins told her.

Krocza has been suspended from her job teaching algebra and calculus pending further investigation, Grant High School District 124 Superintendent John Benedetti said. She is due in court again Friday.